Description
Medieval bowl with polychrome floral decoration Earthenware with polychrome decoration under a transparent colourless glaze Eastern Iran, 10th century, Samanid period Sari bowl with red, black and green decoration on a cream background, representing two quadrupeds surrounded by vegetal elements and a frieze of dots. A cup with a similar decoration of a bird is kept at the Ariana Museum in Geneva (Inv. AR 4220) and published in: Exhibition catalogue, Terres d'Islam: Les collections de céramique Moyen-orientale du Musée Ariana à Genève, Ariana / 5 Continents Editions, Geneva / Milan, p. 50, n°26.
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Medieval bowl with polychrome floral decoration Earthenware with polychrome decoration under a transparent colourless glaze Eastern Iran, 10th century, Samanid period Sari bowl with red, black and green decoration on a cream background, representing two quadrupeds surrounded by vegetal elements and a frieze of dots. A cup with a similar decoration of a bird is kept at the Ariana Museum in Geneva (Inv. AR 4220) and published in: Exhibition catalogue, Terres d'Islam: Les collections de céramique Moyen-orientale du Musée Ariana à Genève, Ariana / 5 Continents Editions, Geneva / Milan, p. 50, n°26.
